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EXHIBITING CULTURE A

CRA2ECA

Not currently offered

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

Exhibiting Culture 2 is an immersive, gallery-based subject, underpinned by La Trobe University's exclusive partnership with nationally and internationally renowned institutions. The subject is designed to deepen learning across a range of arts disciplines and creative practices, such as art history, social history, archaeology, philosophy, law, textual studies, education and politics, via the experience of a unique, curated exhibition. While the subject content will vary in relation to the specific exhibition in which it is embedded, it will also address the following broad questions: what type of exhibition is this; what holds this collection of cultural objects together; is it organised around a theme, a period, an artist, a significant individual, a movement, or something else; how does the exhibition direct inquiry and engagement; what types of knowledge does it produce; by what criteria can an exhibition be evaluated, and how successful is this exhibition as a whole?

SchoolSchool of Humanities & Social Sciences

Credit points15

Subject Co-ordinatorSue Gillett

Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes

Subject year levelYear Level 2 - UG

Exchange StudentsYes

Subject particulars

Subject rules

PrerequisitesN/A

Co-requisitesN/A

Incompatible subjectsN/A

Equivalent subjectsN/A

Special conditionsN/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

01. Examine a broad understanding of the historical and theoretical positions that relate to the exhibition and curatorial intent.

Activities:

Lectures, tutorials, production of research journal as blog, essay writing,

02. Analyse and interpret visual and text works in relation to a broad context